Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction : The Louisiana Experiment /

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After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln's approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate over post-war policy in Washington. Peyton McCrary offers a comprehensive account of the social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McCrary, Peyton, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1978.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Politics and government.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Louisiana.
United States.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
Louisiana > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln's approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate over post-war policy in Washington. Peyton McCrary offers a comprehensive account of the social and political upheavals in Louisiana, set against the background of a new interpretation of the revolutionary dimensions of the Civil War party system. He compares the moderate Republican regime set up by Lincoln with the antebellum social and political system, and contrasts it with the reactionary gov.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (444 pages).
ISBN:9781400870196

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